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  2. Pluricentric language - Wikipedia

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    Pre-Islamic Arabic can be considered a polycentric language. [7] In Arabic-speaking countries different levels of polycentricity can be detected. [8] Modern Arabic is a pluricentric language with varying branches correlating with different regions where Arabic is spoken and the type of communities speaking it.

  3. Table tennis - Wikipedia

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    A similar situation arose in the United States, where Jaques sold the rights to the "ping-pong" name to Parker Brothers. Parker Brothers then enforced its trademark for the term in the 1920s, making the various associations change their names to "table tennis" instead of the more common, but trademarked, term. [10]

  4. PNG - Wikipedia

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    Version 1.2, released on 11 August 1999, added the iTXt chunk as the specification's only change, and a reformatted version of 1.2 was released as a second edition of the W3C standard on 10 November 2003, [12] and as an International Standard (ISO/IEC 15948:2004) on 3 March 2004.

  5. Pickleball - Wikipedia

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    Pickleball is a racket or paddle sport in which two players (singles) or four players (doubles) use a smooth-faced paddle to hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball over a 34-inch-high (0.86 m) net until one side is unable to return the ball or commits a rule infraction.

  6. Ginkgo biloba - Wikipedia

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    In ginkgos, as in other plants that possess them, short shoots allow the formation of new leaves in the older parts of the crown. After a number of years, a short shoot may change into a long (ordinary) shoot, or vice versa. [18] G. biloba trunk cross-section. Ginkgo prefers full sun and grows best in environments that are well-watered and well ...

  7. In the Mood for Love - Wikipedia

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    Wong had little taste for working in studio settings, let alone using special effects to imitate the look of past times. Christopher Doyle later discussed the necessity of filming where the streets, the buildings, and even the sight of clothes hanging on lines (as in 1960s Hong Kong) could give a real energy to the actors and the story, whose ...

  8. Chinese orchestra - Wikipedia

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    The term Chinese orchestra is most commonly used to refer to the modern Chinese orchestra that is found in China and various overseas Chinese communities. This modern Chinese orchestra first developed out of Jiangnan sizhu ensemble in the 1920s into a form that is based on the structure and principles of a Western symphony orchestra but using Chinese instruments.